Men's Basketball Chases Postseason at Penn & Princeton

Pictured: Harvard's team bench reacts to Max
Kenyi's steal and dunk in the second half against Yale last weekend
(Chris Wraight).

The Particulars
Harvard eyes more history this weekend as the Crimson takes to the
road for games at Penn and Princeton. Already having posted the
most wins in school history, Harvard is marching towards its first
postseason bid since 1945-46 and the Crimson would love nothing
more than its first-ever road sweep of the P's.

Follow at Home All Harvard home basketball games will feature live
streaming audio and video. Fans can visit the Multimedia
page to purchase a single game event or a season pass.
The real-time broadcast includes play-by-play commentary from Chris
Villani.

Live Statistics
All Harvard home basketball games will feature live game
statistics. Fans can visit the Live Stats
page to follow along on their computer.

Head Coach Tommy Amaker
Tommy Amaker (Duke '87) begins his third season as head coach of
the Harvard men's basketball team. He registered his 200th career
coaching victory Nov. 13 in the 2009-10 season opener at Holy
Cross.

He brings a 219-180 career head coaching record
into the game, including a 109-83 record at Michigan at a 68-55
record at Seton Hall.

Amaker came to Harvard after a six year stint as
Michigan's head coach. Inheriting a program that was reeling from
institutional and NCAA sanctions, he led the Wolverines to the
postseason three times, winning the 2004 NIT title, reaching the
championship game of the 2006 NIT, and advancing to the second
round of the 2007 tournament. The 2006-07 season was Michigan's
second straight 20-win campaign and its third in four years. The
Wolverines were ranked as high as No. 20 in the nation during the
2005-06 season.

Twenty-Twenty Vision
Harvard and Cornell have each won 20 games this season, marking
only the seventh time in Ivy League history of two 20-win teams. It
marks the first time that neither 20-win team has been Penn or
Princeton.

If Princeton wins its last three games, the Tigers
would also have 20 wins, marking the first time the league has
boasted three 20-win teams.

Something More to Play For
With a pair of wins this season, Harvard will tie a program record
for Ivy league wins (11), set in 1970-71.

Jeremy Lin for Bob Cousy Award
Jeremy Lin is one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, given
to the nation's top point guard. Fan voting is open until March 5.

Jeremy Lin Finalist for John R. Wooden
Award
Jeremy Lin is one of 20 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award
which goes to the national player of the year.

Jeremy Lin Invited To Portsmouth
Invitational
Jeremy Lin will play at the Portsmouth Invitational (Va.) in
April. Lin is the first Harvard player invited to the four-day
tournament since Brian Cusworth '07-08.

The Princeton Series
Princeton holds a 124-38 advantage in the series but has had to
settle for season splits against the Crimson in three of the last
five seasons wins.

The Last Meeting With
Princeton
Kareem Maddox had 14 points and eight rebounds, making a pair of
free throws with 11 seconds left to lead Princeton to a 56-53
victory over Harvard.

Harvard's Jeremy Lin scored 19 points, but his long
3-pointer at the buzzer bounced just short off the front of the
rim.

Princeton led by 14 points with 4:55 left, but
Harvard came within one when Dan Mavraides fouled Christian Webster
during a made 3-pointer with 11.7 seconds left. Webster hit the
free throw to make it 54-53.

The Penn Series
Penn holds a 126-30 advantage in the series but saw an 11-game
winning streak come to a close in 2007-08 as Harvard completed its
first home weekend sweep of Penn and Princeton since the 1986-87
season. Last season, another long-standing stream came to a close
for the Quakers as Harvard won at The Palestra for the first time
since the 1990-91 season with a 66-60 victory.

The Last Meeting With Penn
Jeremy Lin scored 19 points to pace Harvard in an 80-66 win over
Penn.

Lin also added six assists, five steals and three
blocks for the Crimson while Oliver McNally added 14 points for
Harvard.

The Crimson led 41-32 at halftime, and a 7-0 run in
the second half gave Harvard a 48-35 advantage with 15:22
remaining. Kyle Casey's layup with 9:08 remaining capped a separate
7-1 run and gave the Crimson their largest lead of the game at
62-45.